Getting CARPA right to deliver transformational innovation

Regardless of the area of focus, CARPA needs to start small with minimal bureaucracy, be staffed with people who have industry and/or academic experience, and be an independent structure for creativity and nimbleness.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is pictured at the National Press Theatre on Feb. 6, 2020. There is no silver bullet that will propel Canada to the forefront of technology and innovation-driven economies. Rather it is a combination of programs, people, and policies that create and expand the ecosystem and provide incentives, opportunities and the ability to scale and compete globally, writes Elizabeth Cannon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ELIZABETH CANNON

February 2, 2022

In 1983, I was a summer student at a Calgary-based high-tech company that had purchased the first transportable commercial GPS receiver for use in offshore rig positioning. Costing US$150,000 and weighing 25 kg, we were tasked to evaluate its capability, which entailed lugging it around and buying i...

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